The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond

The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond

Hands-on strategies for teaching your disorganized child how to organize for school success! The overstuffed backpack, the missing homework, the unused planner, the test he didn’t know about. Sound familiar? When the disorganized child meets the departmentalized structure of middle school, everything can fall apart. Even the academically successful child will start to falter if she misses deadlines, loses textbooks, or can’t get to class on time. This practical book is full of hands-on strategies for helping parents identify and teach organizational skills. Educational consultant Donna Goldberg has developed these methods by working with hundreds of students and in this book she provides: Assessments to gather information about your child’s learning style, study habits, and school requirements Guidelines for taming that overstuffed binder and keeping it under control PACK — a four-step plan for purging and reassembling a backpack or locker Instructions for organizing an at-home